SFUT3

2010-08-19T13:34:00.001-07:00

Knife blood test

2010-08-01T13:30:00.000-07:00

2010-07-11T08:01:00.000-07:00

Moved to the UDK

2010-06-16T01:17:00.000-07:00

I'm working in the UDK now so the game will be stand alone free of charge. woot
I'll update a few images soon.
Learning flash for the hud and menu system atm.
Good job this is a hobby. I may have to get a few team members to do
some mapping for me soon, once I have all the code done.

Vehicle update

2009-07-08T09:01:00.000-07:00

I'm adding Helicopters to the mod for the vehicle maps.

This will set the mod appart from the men only mods and

give a fun twist to some maps. UT3 is very good with vehicles

so it makes for pulling power to see some flying battles and transport

to fight maps.

2009-05-17T13:22:00.000-07:00

2009-05-17T09:04:00.000-07:00

2 Maps going well

2009-04-21T08:42:00.000-07:00

FWTBT
For Whom The Bell Tolls. I've based this on the original layout but with a Cairo streets feel.
Sandy desert city close quarter fighting.Bright daytime map

BadCargo
Again, based on the original layout. This is an industrial map at night. Plenty of crates and containers, with rooftop fighting areas.

Both maps will have an inventory station in the start zones.

I'll post a few pics this weekend.

HUD is finnished

2009-04-15T07:56:00.000-07:00

Completed the HUD design, so I'm now polishing the 2 test maps for the alpha release.
SFTDM-FWTBT and SFTDM-BadCargo.

Update

2009-02-28T02:39:00.000-08:00

Well, long time no update. I've been busy at work getting through the global credit crunch.
I'm still working on SF in my spare time and I'm getting there slowly. Done some coding so I have a gametype(TDM) a map for testing ,characters with weapons and blood effects. I've got helmets that fall off and roll around the floor when the player dies. blood trails and first person arms. All I need now is the HUD and we have an alpha for single player testing.
So, onto the HUD......

Max

Major Progress

2008-12-02T07:29:00.000-08:00

character customisation scene is working great now. I'm importing the helmets,shades etc and it's looking the dogs knackers.
I have 2 scenes 1 for each team and the ability to enter the customisation scene for each character.

Progress

2008-11-30T16:41:00.000-08:00

I've spent a few weeks going through the UT3 code to try and sort out the new UI datastore system. I think I've got it sorted now. So far I've got the character selection and team selection done. The UI for the character customisation is working and its getting easier to understand as I go along. I'm now adding the various loadouts for the characters into the scene.

Mod folder

2008-11-24T08:25:00.000-08:00

I've set up the mod folders and custom content.
I'm still making all the UI stuff atm. AND Mapping is now ongoing at the same time as the frontend map is being made.

I've decided to make BadCargo as a test map for alpha testing TDM.

UI coding

2008-11-11T10:00:00.000-08:00

I'm digging deep into the UI atm to get the frontend UI in place.
Character/team selection and weapon selection screen.
I'm still learning the mod structure and ini files to get this to work
in its own mod folder.

2008-10-30T18:03:00.001-07:00

so far so good, I'll be adding the weapon selection here too.

Character selection screen

2008-10-30T02:29:00.001-07:00

Working on the character selection screen and adding weapon selection in the same screen, so you can select and customise the character and pick the weapons to be added to his/her inventory.
Screenshots this weekend

Coding

2008-10-24T09:43:00.000-07:00

Seems fairly staightforward so far.
Mod structure is in place. Desktop start icon working and going straight into SFUT3
main menu. Playing around with the background scene now.

Max

Coding weapons and setup screen

2008-10-23T09:10:00.000-07:00

I'm now coding the setup screen for weapon and character choice.
Reading through the code and getting as much help from forums as possible.
Bez from epic forums has given me permissin to use some of his weapons for the mod, so this will speed thing up a bit.
Next picture will be the setup screen and splash screen.

rock on

Brad-WIP

2008-10-11T10:53:00.000-07:00

Here's a picture of Brad .I'm still fine tuning him.

Takes time going in and out of the game to make changes.

Brad tweaking

2008-09-23T04:49:00.000-07:00

Still adjusting textures and normals for Brad. I got him ingame,so It'll take another week to finnish him and his attachments. I've made a few more pistols for the mod and textured the assault rifles.

BRAD

2008-09-15T06:09:00.000-07:00

Still working on brad. I'll aim at getting him ingame this weekend. I'm also finnishing off the weapon textures.

Brad is on his way

2008-09-10T03:35:00.000-07:00

I'm well on the way to finnishing Brad. Model is done. High poly done.
Just making textures and normals now. I think he's going to be quite
cool. All is going well. I managed to get a few map assets made too so, I've started the first map for alpha testing gameplay. I'm also checking out the code for the flashlight
ready for the dark maps. This seems quite straightforward, and will bring a nice change
to have dark maps with flashlights and flares.

ingame shot

2008-09-07T14:54:00.000-07:00

Here's an ingame shot of wolf

Working in UED

2008-09-04T02:47:00.000-07:00

I'm working in Unreal Ed atm importing and tweaking brad and Wolf.
I'll start on the test map this weekend, so I can get a good feel for the scale of the characters
in the world space.
All is going well so far.

Animations

2008-08-28T02:47:00.000-07:00

I'm making Brad at the moment. I'm also adding new animations for the players.
(taunts, prone, roll etc..)
I may change the stock animations with a few custom ones if they look better for the mod.

2008-08-24T16:19:00.000-07:00

webgear and throat mic +earpiece

Free Weekend

2008-08-21T08:38:00.000-07:00

I have a free weekend of SF modding and beer drinking.
I'm making huge steps in the creation of the normal maps for the
characters. I'll have another bash at putting wolf ingame with his new
textures and normal maps, and I'll have the first pictures of Brad by Sunday.

Coding setup

2008-08-18T06:51:00.000-07:00

Now that the new patch is out for UT3 ,I can begin setting up the TC
files. I'm still perfecting the textures and bumps for the players.
All is going well and I'm adding animations for rolling and prone.
One feature that i will add, is the rolling forward/left/right depending
on stamina. The player will go into behind view during the roll and change back to fps view
ready to fire after the roll. I will also be adding the 'dive to the ground' if you are running and you press prone.

OF_Brad

2008-08-12T12:57:00.000-07:00

Here's a concept image for OpposingForce character BRAD

Still tweaking

2008-08-10T12:05:00.001-07:00

I'm still messing around in max and ued to get the ingame screenshots as good as I can.

I've changed my ini files to give best quality shots.

Here's just a sneek peek so far.

2008-08-07T08:45:00.000-07:00

Learned a hellish amount from this first model and the tweaking continues.
I'm also making a start on the OP character "Brad". Texture tweaking is going really well.
I may even try a few animation from my stock taunts. Must add the whistle wave taunt.

2008-08-05T17:01:00.000-07:00

All is going well . Taking a while to get the skinning right on him but it
will be worth it. He looks great with the webgear and mic.

2008-08-05T00:04:00.001-07:00

Tonight I'll continue tweaking the wolf model weights for best animation and add the web gear and mic/earpiece.

2008-08-04T14:57:00.000-07:00

Well , so far so good

Importing

2008-08-03T04:38:00.000-07:00

I'm still importing all the parts for the SF_Wolf. I have him ingame now.
Looking sweet so far. Tweaking and messing around with the textures and normal maps
works a treat.
I'm making the add-on parts for him(belts ,shades, earpiece/mic....etc). so you can customize his look in the game.

free weekend

2008-07-30T03:19:00.000-07:00

Ohhh , I have a free weekend for all things SF.
I'm going to concentrate on the importing of the characters and
setting up the TC files. woot.

playermodel

2008-07-29T00:27:00.000-07:00

Still working on rigging the playermodel ready for import.
I'm also collecting map static meshes.

Mapping concept

2008-07-24T03:28:00.000-07:00

Here's a pic of the type of map feel that I'm looking for.

I have all these static meshes so far.

Coding structure

2008-07-21T00:40:00.000-07:00

I'm putting together the file structure for the mod so
I can be ready for the first ingame test. Still importing the
first character and tweaking textures. Its getting easier
as I go along, so I can make it faster for the next character.
I'm also thinking about gameplay and effects. I want real time hit
effects on the characters with damage.

2008-07-16T03:43:00.000-07:00

Well ,the model is done now ,so I'm getting him into UT3.
Here we go!

Forums

2008-07-14T17:43:00.000-07:00

I've set up a forum for suggestions and feedback

http://specialforcesut3.forumsland.com/

2008-07-14T01:48:00.000-07:00

So,the normal map is done for the legs and boots.I'm now working on the normal map
for the body and arms. Should get this done tonight.
I'm then going to get this player into ut3 ,so I have the method sorted for all the characters.
This should be fun because quite a few modders have had problems at this stage.
Wish me luck.

skinning

2008-07-13T12:37:00.000-07:00

still working at the textures

texturing

2008-07-11T00:44:00.000-07:00

Working hard on texturing and getting the normal maps for
the body. Takes time but it will be worth it. Once this is done
the rest of the characters will fall into place. I have a 1.4 million
hi poly model now, and the low poly mesh is about 8000 poly but looks
amazing.

Skinning the player models

2008-07-08T01:40:00.000-07:00

I'm now skinning the player models and webgear.

It's taking a little longer because this is the important stuff.
Its looking nice so far. The sf players are in dark gear and
opposing force in various layouts.

Head Texture +normal

2008-07-04T14:44:00.001-07:00

Here's the head textured and normal map.

This is one of the heads. more to come.

2008-07-02T06:52:00.000-07:00

Well ,I'm back from a trade show this weekend, so I'm onto
texturing and modelling again.
I'm concentrating on the characters heads and webgear ,since they will
be interchangable.
Soon I'll set up a forum for comments and suggestions.
My main aim now is to get a player model and weapon ingame for
some screenshots.

Playermodel-WIP

2008-06-26T17:10:00.000-07:00

Here's the low poly model. Still some work to do on him.

I'm working in Zbrush on the high poly for the Normal map.

Nades

2008-06-24T12:57:00.000-07:00

Here are the Frag and smoke/Flash nades

Character Modelling

2008-06-24T08:46:00.000-07:00

I'm well into the zbrush modelling of the characters.
Sorting out the 3dsmax-zbrush pipeline as I used for the arms.
So far so good. I have the models in parts atm . Head, body webgear etc....
I may change things , but its going quite well atm.

Max

Character models

2008-06-22T08:32:00.000-07:00

I've started the character models.

Here's the boots model. colours will vary from player to player.

Maps

2008-06-19T01:41:00.000-07:00

Here's the list of testing maps being worked on

FWTBT
BadCargo
Village

More maps will be added once the testing of gameplay and code is done.

Coding

2008-06-17T04:50:00.000-07:00

I've looked into the coding and I've already got the Gametype working
with the usual TDM round based game.
I'm now designing the HUD
I've managed to find and download a 3dmodel of the character that
I can modify for the players to speed things up.
My son is busy texturing the guns for me.
Grenades are made. I'll post a picture this weekend.
I've got the MOD packages set up and the first map is in the editor.
I'm using a classic FWTBT(UT3version) map as a tester for the weapons and characters.

Rock & Roll

Knife

2008-06-15T12:16:00.001-07:00

M4a1finished

2008-06-15T11:52:00.000-07:00

model done

M4a1 model

2008-06-14T05:37:00.000-07:00

WIP of the M4a1

Yes, there will be vehicles

2008-06-13T01:12:00.001-07:00

here's the Humvee in max

2008-06-02T17:09:00.000-07:00

AK47 wip .texturing now

2008-05-30T11:33:00.000-07:00

Here is my hands model.